Championing a sound both rugged and trance-inducing, Porto-based
Brazilian producer Marcal clocks in this week with two hours blending
future-proof warehouse rave material and claustrophobic 4x4 maneuvers.
Hot on the heels of his latest ’Nature of the Future’ EP on Donato Dozzy
and Neel’s imprint Spazio Disponibile, Marcal takes us on a
mind-bending ride down raucous sine-scapes and brooding, verbed-out
atmospheres, constantly pushing the envelope of techno as can be
experienced these days. Resuming its course as a means for transcending
our (currently much gloomy) zeitgeist, techno here gets back on its
revolution-friendly tracks, finding its second breath as a metamorphic
tool for blazing new paths and routes towards a better, more
intelligently designed world. There goes a mix that summons the very
finest of Marcal’s boundary-pushing vision and killer knack for crafting
memorable and emancipatory floor narratives. Brace yourselves.
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Reclaim Your City 656 | Arkan
Paris-via-Berlin based DJ and producer Arkan onboards the series this
week with two hours fully embracing his deep, hypnosis-inducing mindset
and definite knack for shaping streamlined floor narratives.
Responsible for a handful surgical transmissions on the likes of Figure
and SK_Eleven, in addition to running his own imprints Autonome and
Drawner, the French artist keeps carving out a niche for himself at the
junction of purely pragmatic, gravity-defying grooves and a certain
orientation for experimental-leaning submersion, tailored to maintain
techno's intrinsic relevancy and boundary-pushing character when so much
material feels stuck in the emulative loop and not caring one bit to
opt out the lame-ass continuum. One to keep the adrenaline rushing
badman-style, and all brains in the room just as duly, unflinchingly
stimulated.
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Reclaim Your City 655 | Deniro
Amsterdam's one and only Deniro returns to the series with a two-hour
treat spanning his fast-paced, hi-res techno headspace. Up with the
cutting-edge wares and laser-focussed grooves, the TAPE Records
co-founder and RYC alum has us drifting across hi-tech machine funk
scapes and jagged analogue reliefs, constantly in search for the next
mind-expanding thrill. Known for his impeccably chiselled signature cuts
blending the finest of future-facing techno with an
experimental-leaning approach to production, Deniro turns in a monster
transmission, rife with the hypnotic hoodoo and typically entrancing
buildups that've made him the surefire agent of techno he is today. A
gigantic ride packed with climactic eargasms and unsuspected
cliff-hangers. Lock in, zone out.
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Reclaim Your City 654 | Phase Fatale
Wrapping up July with a ballistic transmission, Berghain and Khidi
resident Hayden Payne aka Phase Fatale punches in with two hours of
genre-busting material, ebbing and flowing between surgical rhythmic
assault and shape-shifting oneirism. Responsible for a handful of
memorable platters on the likes of OSTGUT TON, Jealous God and his own
imprint, BITE, Payne delivers a masterclass in laser-like DJing and
ambient-scaping, pushing back the limits of techno as a vessel for
emotional introspection and wordless communication. Taking us on a
captivating ride across slow-evolving, finessed sonic reliefs,
mind-expanding grooves and machine-told musings of the soul, Phase
Fatale dazzles and subjugates. True to his ever high-flying standards
and impeccable touch, a mix that shall leave you gobsmacked. Don’t
sleep.
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Reclaim Your City 653 | Stranger
Local player Mitchel Polderman alias Stranger steps in the RYC mix series with a two-hour pumper of a set epitomizing the very trademark character of his productions: hard-hitting, dynamic, unfaltering. Trading heavyweight floor-busters via his own labels Self Reflektion, Paling Trax and Perspektiv, or through the likes of Monnom Black or Clergy, Stranger has cemented his reputation as a surefire big-room puncher, serving up frantic, utilitarian peak time grooves and hi-impact warehouse ordnance like one goes for a walk in the park. Expertly mixed and proper XTC-inducing, Stranger’s mix vouches for the mad sound quality flowing in the veins of our beloved city. Reclaim.
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